Definition of "non-being" []

• The negation of being; absence of the attribute of being. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "As a Samana, an ascetic, Siddhartha fasted and meditated and prayed and engaged in self-denial and suffered pain -- He lost his Self a thousand times and for days on end he dwelt in non-being."
• "We see God as one, none and many and in every form; male, female, genderless and non-existent, being and non-being, nameless and with innumerable names."
• "Americans see God in every form; male, female, genderless and non-existent, non-being, nameless and with innumerable names, and to each one of us it is different."